Unemployment rate spikes to 8.5%, a 25-year high, as 663,000 jobs lost in March. 5.1 million jobs have now been lost since the beginning of 2008. By Chris Isidore, CNNMoney.com senior writer NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) – Job losses continued to mount in March and unemployment hit a 25-year high, according to the government's latest reading … Continue reading Just in: 2 million jobs lost so far in '09